ASE - Department of American Studies and Ethnicity
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Sarah Banet-Weiser
Associate Professor of Communication and American Studies and Ethnicity
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Alice Echols
Associate Professor of English, American Studies and Ethnicity, Gender Studies and History
(213)821-1163 | echols@usc.edu
Social and Cultural Histories of Sexuality and Gender; Popular Music (particularly rock, R&B and disco); U.S. History, 1945-80; Theories of Feminism; Cultural Studies

Judith Fossett
Associate Professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity
(213)740-2822 | fossett@usc.edu
(Ph.D., Princeton University, 1999) Associate Professor of English and ASE: 19th and 20th century American and African-American literature, African-American Studies, American Studies.

Rosa-Linda Fregoso
Professor of Critical Studies, American Studies and Ethnicity, and Communication
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Ruth Gilmore
Associate Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity and Geography
(213)740-2426 | rwgilmor@usc.edu
(Ph.D., Rutgers University-New Brunswick, 1998) Associate Professor of Geography and ASE: Race and gender, labor and social movements, prison, uneven development, politics and culture, California, the U.S., the African Diaspora.

Macarena Gomez Barris
Assistant Professor of Sociology and American Studies and Ethnicity
(213)740-3600 | gomezbar@usc.edu
(Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz, 2004) Assistant Professor of Sociology https://myusccollege.usc.edu/tools/mytools/PersonnelInfoSystem/index.cfm Personnel Homeand ASE: Sociology of Culture; Latina/o and Latin American Studies; Film/Video; Gender; Race Representations; Political Violence and Its Aftermath; Memory/Trauma

Sarah Gualtieri
Assistant Professor of History and American Studies and Ethnicity
(213)740-5374 | gualtier@usc.edu
(Ph.D., The University of Chicago, 2000) Assistant Professor of History and ASE: Modern Middle East History; Islamic History; Ethnic Studies; Middle Eastern Diasporas; World History

Karen Halttunen
Professor of History
(213)740-1682 | halttune@usc.edu
19th Century Cultural and Intellectual History of the US, Early American History.

Stanley Huey Jr.
Associate Professor of Psychology and American Studies and Ethnicity
(213)821-2058 | hueyjr@usc.edu
(Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1998) Associate Professor of Psychology and ASE: Culture and mental health, psychosocial problems in urban settings, community-based interventions.

Alexandra Isfahani-Hammond
Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese & American Studies and Ethnicity
(213)740-8144 | isfahani@usc.edu


Jane Iwamura
Assistant Professor of Religion and of American Studies and Ethnicity
(213)821-2851 | iwamura@usc.edu


Lanita Jacobs-Huey
Associate Professor of Anthropology and American Studies and Ethnicity
(213)740-1909 | jacobshu@usc.edu
(Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1999) Associate Professor of Anthropology and ASE: African American women’s discourse; anthropology of the body; language & identity in diasporas; language & gender.

Kara Keeling
Assistant Professor of Critical Studies and American Studies and Ethnicity
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Robin D. G. Kelley
Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity and History
(213)740-1679 | rdkelley@usc.edu
(Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1987) Professor of History and ASE: African diaspora, urban studies, working class radicalism, social movements, and cultural history with an emphasis on music.

Dorinne Kondo
Professor of Anthropology and American Studies and Ethnicity
(213)740-1910 | kondo@usc.edu
(Ph.D., Harvard University, 1982) Professor of Anthropology and ASE: Race, performance-- especially work by artists of color in the U.S.; cultural theory.

Josh Kun
Associate Professor of Communication & American Studies and Ethnicity
| jkun@usc.edu


Lon Kurashige
Associate Professor of History and American Studies and Ethnicity
(213)740-1666 | kurashig@usc.edu
(Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1994) Associate Professor of History and ASE: Asian-American history; Japanese American; ethnic identity politics.

Sidney Lemelle
Part-Time Lecturer
(213)740-2426 |


Roberto Lint Sagarena
Assistant Professor of Religion and American Studies and Ethnicity
(213)740-8815 | lint@usc.edu


Teresa Mc Kenna
Associate Professor of English
(213)740-8276 | tmckenna@usc.edu
(Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1980) Associate Professor of English and ASE: Chicano/a and Latino/a literature; 20th century American literature and culture; ethnic American literature; gender and race.

Viet Nguyen
Associate Professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity
(213)740-3746 | vnguyen@usc.edu


Manuel Pastor
Professor of Geography and American Studies and Ethnicity
(213)740-5604 | mpastor@usc.edu
(Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, 1984) Professor of Geography and ASE: Urban poverty and regional development; Latinos in the urban U.S.; environmental justice; labor markets and low-wage workers; macroeconomic stabilization in Latin America;

Laura Pulido
Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity and Geography
(213)740-8048 | lpulido@usc.edu
(Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1991) Associate Professor of Geography and ASE:Race/ethnicity; social movements; political activism; Los Angeles, chicano/Latino studies; comparative ethicity

Ricardo Ramirez
Assistant Professor of Political Science and American Studies and Ethnicity
(213)740-1683 | ramirez1@usc.edu
Political Behavior, State and Local Politics, Race and Ethnicity

Shana Redmond
Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity
(213)740-2426 | sredmond@usc.edu


David Roman
Professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity
(213)740-2821 | davidr@usc.edu
(Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1991) Professor of English and ASE: Theatre and performance studies, Latino studies, queer studies.

John Rowe
USC Associates Chair in Humanities and Professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity
(213)821-5594 | johnrowe@usc.edu
(Ph.D., State University of New York, Buffalo, 1972) Professor of English and ASE: American Studies; Critical Theory

Leland Saito
Associate Professor of Sociology and American Studies and Ethnicity
(213)740-3604 | lsaito@usc.edu
(Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1992) Associate Professor of Sociology and ASE: Race and ethnic relations; Asian American Studies; urban politics; community studies; urban sociology; qualitative research methods

George Sanchez
Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity and History
(213)740-1663 | georges@usc.edu
(Ph.D., Stanford University, 1989) Professor of ASE and History: Chicano/a immigration, American West.

Francille Wilson
Associate Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity
(213)740-1667 | frwilson@usc.edu


Janelle Wong
Associate Professor of Political Science and American Studies and Ethnicity
(213)740-1696 | janellew@usc.edu
Race, Ethnicity and Politics, Political Participation, Public Opinion Research